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“The only thing constant in life is change.” – François La Rochefoucauld Everything is changing. All the time. And that includes us, as people. An advantage of aging is that over time you get to see the parts of you that change, and the parts of you that stay the same. You get a prettyContinue Reading

Ok, guys and gals, I have a confession. I took three months off of kettlebells. There, I said it. Oh, and before that, I hadn’t been super consistent… for a while. You see, my instructor left the gym I was going to, and then there were the holidays, and then I was able to trainContinue Reading

My plans for August include, among other things, climbing a big mountain. From the bottom to the top is 7,000 vertical feet, 5,000 of those hiking with a heavy pack. So I’ve started amping up my training to prepare. They say the best way to train for hiking uphill with a heavy pack on isContinue Reading

I haven’t climbed in two weeks. Honestly, I haven’t climbed much since my Red Rocks trip. Partly due to some nagging injuries, partly because gym climbing seemed so bland in comparison to where I had just come from, and partly because… I was just worn out. It’s been a busy winter, with *lots* of climbing.Continue Reading

I live in Minnesota. Winters here are usually cold, and snowy, and long. This particular winter has been one of the coldest on record. The National Weather Service reports that we’ve had 50 days this winter when the thermometer reading was below 0F. It’s been cold. And we’ve had a good amount of snow, asContinue Reading

A little over a year ago, Seth, myself, and a few friends banded together for the Whole 30 food challenge. What is the Whole 30? In a nutshell, it’s 30 days of eating whole, unprocessed food. Lots of veggies, fruit, nuts, protein, etc, without the sugar, grains, and dairy. It’s 30 days of getting yourContinue Reading

This is a question that’s come up a few times recently. And it always takes me back a little. “Oh, so you’re still doing the climbing thing?” I started climbing 5 years ago. I wandered into a climbing gym to get a gift certificate for someone else, but as soon as I saw those wallsContinue Reading

I was at the beginning of a pretty normal day at work when this photo arrived on my phone. That’s my husband, Seth, on a climbing trip in Oregon with one of his buddies. His previous trip was in July, to the Wind River Range in Wyoming. Him and two friends made a whirlwind tripContinue Reading

The only thing constant in life is change. That’s how the speech started. Ron had just put us through one of his grueling workouts. Purposeful and calculated, as always. Ladders of strength and conditioning in neat little packages. He left with very little notice, and very little fanfare. He kicked our butts one last time,Continue Reading

It’s raining here in Minneapolis. The weather people are saying it will quickly turn to snow, that we’ll wake up with a fresh 8-10 inches of it in the morning. This has been April in Minnesota this year. Perhaps not far out of the ordinary, but by this time of the year, we are allContinue Reading